It's a good starting point to gain experience and develop your mentorship skills in the mental health field. Though sometimes the job could be demanding due to the style of management. A top-down management approach whereby the decisions are solely made from the upper echelon and forced down on lower ranks. It is of my opinion that the front line staff is the most important rank because they have a day to day knowledge of what transpires with the participants through their commitments of mentorship and building of relationships. Nevertheless, the company has a great opportunity for employees to climb up the ladder.

If you are not part of the clique, you will not advance in the company. Unfair treatment and favoritism is very prominent. They wouldn't think twice about throwing you under the bus if it's a benefit for them

I worked there 3 years. I had more experience than most staff who worked there. They did not advance the Canadian qualified staff. They would promote staff not qualified for team lead or management positions. They are funded by the government so if you want to advance in a company you won't unless you are not canadian.horroble place to work Staff get bullied and they never do anything about it.

FASD Life's Journey is a rewarding workplace for those who enjoy supporting others and is a fast paced work environment. The agency is person focused and has plenty of programming for participants to engage in.

A typical day at work would include caring for residents and teaching clients everyday life skills, administering medications, ensuring safety of clients. Ive learned patience and time management.The hardest part of the job would be observing incidents which involved drug overdose suicide attempts. The most enjoyable part of the job was being able to connect with clients and learn about their backgrounds.

Easy to work. Work safety. Union job. Really appreciating work t the end of the day. No direct supervision. Good culture. Get lots of hours if you are working good. And easy to work more hours. Not tiered job.

Great work experience in PSW. Excellent management by agency and supportive staff. Great pay, scheduling and good work culture. Awesome for someone looking to work with vulnerable individual with any kind of disability.

FASD Life's Journey has very good aboriginal cultural programming. There are a lot of very good staff working in the organization. There continues to be better and better communication between management and front line staff. Some of the positions deal with very difficult situations.They are not paid better than the ones that have a more straight forward client to work with.

Very exciting and demanding job although very rewarding. Consistently thinking and in crisis intervention mode. Management is not very supportive towards its employees however the pay wage is reasonable.

I've been employed with this agency for almost five years and although there has been some major overhaul, it's been a great experience. I have gained a lot of knowledge of 'Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder', mental illness, staff relationships, and was managing my own house and resident which was a positive experience. Although I am relocating to Halifax, Nova Scotia, I will miss all the residents and staff at my agency!

A typical day would include inventory of cash, medications, and sharp/locked up materials (i.e - knives). Plan shift activity with resident, cook meals, clean/general maintenance to residence, participate in activity with resident in the community, administer medication, handle any crisis that may present itself in the moment/future, re-inventory of materials, wait for next staff to begin shift and debrief them about shift.

If you were a House Manager like I was, you would be responsible for managing staff's daily activities, month end cash in/cash out, attend any medical/family/legal meetings with resident, document house needs, and resident's requests.